A look at the Marlins’ four National League East rivals entering spring training, including key players each club acquired and lost:
Washington Nationals
Manager: Dusty Baker (second season).
2016: 95-67, first place, lost to Dodgers in...

The Marlins’ pursuit of an elite closer has failed.
Kenley Jansen agreed to terms on a five-year, $80 million deal with the Dodgers on Monday, according to multiple reports, meaning Miami has missed out on all three high-end relievers on the free-agent...

The Winter Meetings are over. The Marlins' pursuit of a high-end reliever is not.
Miami's decision-makers headed back to South Florida on Thursday afternoon having checked off several items on their offseason shopping list — back-end starter (Jeff...

As Michael Hill, the Marlins’ president of baseball operations, stood at the end of a hallway on the 12th floor of a gigantic hotel just south of Washington, D.C., his phone nearly said more than he did — the ring of a phone call, the ding of a text,...

Last year, when the Marlins were ready to trade former closer Steve Cishek and St. Louis looked like a match, the Cardinals' front office forwarded to Miami's decision-makers a list of minor leaguers with whom they were willing to part. Among the names...

In the Marlins' ongoing auditions for left-handed starters next season, Justin Nicolino is putting in a strong bid for a future starting role on the staff.
Nicolino, one of four southpaws in the injury-depleted starting rotation, gave up two runs in...

Jung Ho Kang capped a late rally with a two-run single and the Pittsburgh Pirates completed a three-game sweep of the Marlins with a 5-2 win on Wednesday afternoon.
Josh Harrison and Pedro Alvarez added RBI singles during Pittsburgh's five-run...

PITTSBURGH In Charlie Morton's season debut, he pitched like the best version of himself. Morton completed seven innings and allowed two runs, and the Pirates won their fourth consecutive game, 4-2, against the Miami Marlins at PNC Park Monday night. They...

When Bryce Harper clutched at his left knee after slipping on first base, the stadium went silent and Dusty Baker feared the worst. Less than a year after watching catcher Wilson Ramos tear the ACL in his right knee on a noncontact play after a rain...

Now the Dodgers are really in control.
Of the division. Of the National League. Of the prospects they so dearly love.
And Los Angeles’ think tank still managed to get their man: Yu Darvish.
Even for a team riding four straight NL West titles,...

In a season already filled with so many stirring comebacks, the Los Angeles Dodgers managed to add one that might be their best so far. Kyle Farmer's two-run double in the 11th inning in his first major league at-bat lifted the Dodgers to their eighth...

The team with the best shot at preventing a Cubs repeat may be the one that had a great chance at beating them in last year's NL Division Series.
The only thing the 2016 Giants lacked was a lockdown bullpen, as evidenced by the five relievers who...

The notion that just because a player had a great basketball career it will transfer to management is flawed. I can count on one finger a former player who is an exception to this rule and his name is Jerry West.
Magic Johnson, one of the all-time...

As he stood outside the White House last month speaking to reporters gathered for the Cubs' championship celebration, Joe Maddon launched into his spring training stump speech."A mind once stretched has a very difficult time going back to its original...

All-Star closers Aroldis Chapman, Mark Melancon and Wade Davis moved to different bullpens. Chris Sale boosted a big rotation in Boston. And the Washington Nationals got their fans talking — a lot.
As teams packed up along the Potomac River and headed...

Aroldis Chapman found a spot in a most familiar bullpen — a very rich spot, too.
The hard-throwing closer reached agreement to return to the New York Yankees on Wednesday night with the highest-priced contract ever for a relief pitcher, an $86 million...